'Budding' definitions:

Definition of 'budding'

From: WordNet
adjective
Beginning to develop; "a budding genius"
noun
Reproduction of some unicellular organisms (such as yeasts) by growth and specialization followed by the separation by constriction of a part of the parent

Definition of 'Budding'

From: GCIDE
  • Bud \Bud\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Budded; p. pr. & vb. n. Budding.]
  • 1. To put forth or produce buds, as a plant; to grow, as a bud does, into a flower or shoot. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To begin to grow, or to issue from a stock in the manner of a bud, as a horn. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To be like a bud in respect to youth and freshness, or growth and promise; as, a budding virgin. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: To sprout; germinate; blossom. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Budding'

From: GCIDE
  • Budding \Bud"ding\, n.
  • 1. The act or process of producing buds. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Biol.) A process of asexual reproduction, in which a new organism or cell is formed by a protrusion of a portion of the animal or vegetable organism, the bud thus formed sometimes remaining attached to the parent stalk or cell, at other times becoming free; gemmation. See Hydroidea. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. The act or process of ingrafting one kind of plant upon another stock by inserting a bud under the bark. [1913 Webster]